SCIENCE INTERACTIVE
NOTEBOOK
“Your Key To Success
in Science”
Presented by
Roger Barker
Portions adopted from
D. Untalan, E. DuBose, A. Holder & D. Saunders
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A interactive notebook (INB) your own
personalized DIARY of learning about science
A portfolio of your work in ONE convenient
spot. This is great for studying for upcoming
quizzes & test
A great ORGANIZATIONAL tool that gives
you permission to be PLAYFUL AND
CREATIVE in your responses without "messing
up" your notes.
Allows you to be like a REAL SCIENTIST!
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The notebook is divided into TWO sections.
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The Left SIDE “LOVES” student work.
This is the side that you can use to show me
your creativity. This is the “output” or
product side.
The Right side is “RESTRICTED” and
contains only information given by Mr.
Barker. Nothing else should be placed on
the RIGHT SIDE!!
The notebook is divided into TWO sections.
LEFT side “loves”
RIGHT side is “restricted” to
TEACHER INPUT
STUDENT work = OUTPUT
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The LEFT SIDE belongs to you.
It contains your creative INTERPRETATION
of what you learned in the day’s activity. On
this page you may include diagrams,
cartoons, drawings, poems, foldables, etc.
Let your CREATIVITY go wild!
EVEN PAGES = 2,4,6,8,10…YOU GOT IT..
Example of student
interpretation of the
DAY’S ACTIVITY
placed on the LEFT side
of the notebook.
INCLUDES:
Learning Target
 Day’s Activity
The day’s activity is placed on the
LEFT or OUTPUT side of the
notebook. This is indicated with a
yellow light bulb icon symbolizing
that this is how the input makes
sense to the student. This section
acts as a reinforcement for the
RIGHT or INPUT side and is the
student’s interpretation of what the
WARMUP means to him/her. This
side entails hands on, tactile
learning
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Outputs
Graphic Organizers
Drawings/Illustrations
Poems, Rap Songs
Cartoons/Comics
Lab Analysis
Teach Your Parent
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The RIGHT SIDE belongs to me and
should only contain information given
or “input” from Mr. Barker. Nothing
else should be placed on this page!
The RIGHT SIDE contains all the
TESTABLE material.
Odd Pages = 1,3,5,7,9..YOU KNOW IT.
The RIGHT side of
the notebook contains
information given to
you by Mr. Barker.
This is the ESSENTIAL
information that will
DEFINITELY be on a
quiz or test. Nothing
else should go on this
side.
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Notes from
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Teacher guided Powerpoint notes
Movie/Video
Article Readings
Vocabulary words
Lab procedures
Study Guides
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“INB's are easy to do and
worth a lot of points, so take
time and effort to do them
well.“
"Always update your table of
contents so papers don't get
messed up - or in case of an
INB check.“
"An INB is a great tool, keep it
organized!“
"You have to spend quality
time on your INB.“
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"Don't leave your INB until the
last day, otherwise you may be up
to the early morning hours
finishing assignments.“
"Color-code things. It looks so
much better that way”
"Keep it in order, because you
never know when a notebook check
might come up.“
"Do not save your INB until the
last minute. Remember, it counts
as much as a test."
Glue
HIGHLIGHTER
Pencils or
pens
colored pencils
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The name of the course:
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The words: Interactive Science Notebook
The class period that you have science:
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My Adventures in 6th Grade Science
Period 2, for example
The school year: 2015 – 2016
Your “awesome” teacher: Mr. Barker
Your name: (self explanatory)
SCIENCE PICTURES (optional):
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You can draw, get from magazine or Internet.
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Starting with the 1st page, number the first 50
pages. The 1st page is 1. Numbers should be
small and at the top outside corner of every page.
Last Name, 1
First Name
6th Grade Science
Period # ____
Mr. Barker
Room 204
1st Semester
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LEFT SIDE: STUDENT OUTPUT
RIGHT SIDE: TEACHER INPUT
Date
Grade
Date
N/A
Aug
25
Title of
OUTPUT
Page
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Title of
INPUT
Page
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Grade
Cover Page
1
N/A
Aug
25
Table of
contents
2
N/A
Aug
25
Table of
Contents
3
N/A
Aug
25
Syllabus
4
N/A
Aug
25
PIHERC
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N/A
Aug
25
Summative
Graph
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N/A
Aug
25
Rubric
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N/A
Aug
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Unit 1 Output
8
100
Aug
26
Unit 1 Input
9
N/A
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At the top of PAGES 4-7, write the titles of
each page. Cut and glue the handouts on the
correct titled page.
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On page 8 and 9, you will practice completing
a teacher input and creating a student
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output. 8
Sample Output/Input Page
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No RIPPED OUT pages or torn corners
No DOODLING that doesn’t relate to science
Notebook should only be used for SCIENCE
CLASS ONLY
DATE AND NUMBER each page
All entries must go into the Table of Contents
BE COLORFUL & LOVE YOUR NOTEBOOK
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Many thanks to these wonderful teachers for
creating wonderful POWERPOINT slides
from
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Annette Holder, rockin’ Science
Doug Saunders, bringing History Alive!
ScienceNotebook.com, great resource
Mr. Taft, student quotes
Eboni DuBose, sharing this powerpoint online
Diane Untalan, the queen of INB’s